corps

See also: Corps

English

Etymology

Borrowing from French corps (“body”), from Latin corpus (“body”).

Pronunciation

Singular

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɔː(ɹ)/
• (US) enPR: kôr, IPA^(key): /kɔɹ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)
• Homophones: core, cor, caw (in non-rhotic dialects)

Plural

• (UK) enPR: kô(r)z, IPA^(key): /kɔː(ɹ)z/
• (US) enPR: kôrz, IPA^(key): /kɔɹz/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)z
• Homophone: cores

Noun

corps (plural corps)

1. (military) A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.
2. An organized group of people united by a common purpose.
   • diplomatic corps
   • White House press corps

Translations

battlefield formation

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 軍團, 军团 (gwan1 tyun4)

  Mandarin: 軍團, 军团 (zh) (jūntuán)

• Finnish: armeijakunta (fi)
• French: corps (fr) m
• German: Korps (de) n

• Hungarian: hadtest (hu)
• Irish: cór m
• Japanese: 軍団 (ja) (ぐんだん, gundan)
• Khmer: កងអង្គភាពទ័ព (kong ang pheap toap)
• Korean: 군단 (ko) (gundan)
• Russian: корпус (ru) m (kórpus)

group of people

• Estonian: korpus
• Finnish: -kunta (fi)
• Hungarian: testület (hu)

• Russian: корпус (ru) m (kórpus)
• Swedish: -kår (sv) n

Anagrams

• crops
• sproc

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French

Picture dictionary

1= tête 2= visage 3= cou 4= épaule 5= poitrine, sein 6= nombril 7= ventre 8= aine 9= penis 10-14= jambe 15-19= bras

Etymology

From Middle French and Old French cors, from Latin corpus (“body”). The p was added back to reflect the Latin etymology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔʁ/

• audio

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Noun

corps m (plural corps)

1. (anatomy) body
2. (mathematics) field (in abstract algebra)
3. (military) corps

Anagrams

• porcs

External links

• "corps" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).